Re: The name gnus-cloud.el

[Stephen Berman]

On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 23:31:37 +0100 Lars Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden> wrote:

> Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> How about gnus-noncloud.el?
>> That would make the joke clearer so we could all get it.
>
> Wouldn't a name like that imply that somewhere there is such a thing as
> a cloud?
>
> The current name is an explicit joke on the concept that a "cloud"
> exists.  It's just a server somewhere, and perhaps having a joke like
> that as a name can be didactic.  "Hey!  There's a cloud in Emacs!
> *reads manual*  Oh, it's just stores something on a server...  Is that
> what all clouds are about?"
>
> I mean, we can dream.

How about gnus-sky.el?  
(Though then maybe only Norwegians will get the joke.)

Steve Berman